Essays Tagged: "Yersinia pestis"
The Plague
ince the reign of Emperor Justinian in 542 A.D., man has one unwelcome organism along for the ride, Yersinia pestis. This is the bacterium more commonly know as the Black Death, the plague. Plague is ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History
The Bubonic Plague and the disturbing parallels to its sypmtoms, and the way of life it forced upon people and the children's song Ring Around the Rosy.
art out red then turn black, and enlarged lymph nodes.The bacterium that causes all this is called, Yersinia Pestis. It is carried by fleas that are in turn carried by most wild animals as well as som ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Plague.
m to fight the disease. He also connected its source to rats and fleas. The microorganism was named Yersinia pestis in his memory. The vaccine is limited in its usefulness though because full vaccinat ...
Subjects: Science Essays > Biology
The plague.
demic disease causing a high rate of mortality; a contagious disease that is caused by a bacterium (Yersinia pestis) and that occurs in bubonic, pneumonic and septicemic forms. It is also a cause of i ... he bite of an infected flea. Fleas, humans, and rats served as hosts for the disease. The bacteria "Yersinia pestis," multiplied inside the flea blocking the flea's stomach causing it to be very hungr ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
"Bubonic Plague".
ans.Anthrax is caused by the bacterium Bacillus Anthracis, while Bubonic is caused by the bacterium Yersinia Pestis, which contains bacillus shaped bacteria. Like the Bubonic Plague was probably sprea ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers
The Black Death, Analysis
ince the reign of Emperor Justinian in 542 A.D., man has one unwelcome organism along for the ride, Yersinia pestis. This is the bacterium more commonly know as the Black Death, the plague. Plague is ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The History of The Black Plague, 13pg research paper tracking its origins to its presence in the world today with bibliography
life today.In 1894 Dr Alexandre Yersin first discovered the plague bacteria and named the bacteria Yersinia pestis (Marriot 2). In 1898 a French scientist discovered that the Plague had been spread t ... he U.S. either. Some prairie dogs, mice, and squirrels in the American Southwest carry the bacteria Yersinia pestis. Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, Nevada, Oregon, and California are the main in ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Have historians in the past tended to exaggerate the negative economic impact of plague in late medieval society?
with devastating consequences throughout the whole land. 5 The disease was caused by the bacterium Yersinia pestis that was carried in the stomach of a flea and then transferred to the bloodstream of ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
The Black Plague.
Plague was caused by bacterium transmitted from Old English rats and fleas. The bacterium is called Yersinia pestis. It was spread from infected rats to non-infected rats by being bitten by fleas. The ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine > Diseases
A History of Black Death and its Effects on Western Europe
he bite of an infected flea. Fleas, humans, and rats served as hosts for the disease. The bacteria (Yersinia pestis) multiplied inside the flea blocking the flea's stomach causing it to be very hungry ... ifferent form of plague killed people in a vicious way. All forms were caused by a bacterium called Yersinia pestis.The bubonic plague was the most commonly seen form of the Black Death. The mortality ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Title: The Black Death: Includes symptoms of the disease, causes, the parts of Europe affected, how it was contained, and how it was discovered/ended.
sappearance of the plague. It wasn't till the 19th century that scientist figured out how the germ, Yersinia pestis, could cause disease.Sources"Black Death", "Plague." Microsoft Encyclopedia Standard ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
European History
and Japanese, who in 1894 independently identified the bacillus that causes the plague, Pasteurella pestis.2. The bacillus liked to live to live in the bloodstream of an animal or, ideally, in ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > European History
Medical aspects of the black plague
h bubonic and septicemic plague.(Wayson stain showing the characteristic "safety pin" appearance of Yersinia pestis, the plague bacillus. Image courtesy of Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ( ...
Subjects: Humanities Essays > Health & Medicine
History of the Black Death
375 million in the 14th century (Ibeji, 2011).The plague disease, generally thought to be caused by Yersinia pestis, is commonly present in populations of fleas carried by ground rodents, including ma ... ndently of each other, identified the bacteria that caused plague. This bacterium came to be called Yersinia pestis, when Yersin showed it to be the causative agent of the plague in India. Working bac ...
Subjects: History Term Papers > World History